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Puerto Vallarta Wedding Photographers

Our Puerto Vallarta photographers also provide documentary-style coverage in: Jalisco

Puerto Vallarta Wedding Photography, Engagement Photo Sessions + Elopements

Intimate Wedding Photography in Puerto Vallarta - Capturing the Joy of Small Celebrations - Discover the best Puerto Vallarta photographers specializing in intimate marriages. Couples are embracing the trend of smaller, more meaningful celebrations. Let our talented photographers capture the joy and intimacy of your wedding day.

By planning a simple Puerto Vallarta elopement, couples are able to stay present in the moment and fully absorb the impact of their wedding day. Given the fact that many couples feel more natural and at ease in intimate settings, it's no surprise that some of the most breathtaking wedding images come from elopements.

The WPJA has an abundance of top-ranked, Puerto Vallarta documentary wedding photographers available right now who understand that some weddings and elopements can’t wait. Find yours today!
Recent WPJA WedElope Story Awards
Intimate Indoor Wedding Venue Image of Guests spaced six feet apart at the ceremony
Kate Hagerty
Wedding Venue Photography With sparkling fairy lights serving as a frame for the moment, the bride and groom share a passionate kiss
Jorge Alcala Goded
Joure, Netherlands Elopement Photographer | the couple sits between an iPad and their phone so that their guests could watch and listen via Zoom
Karen Velleman

Puerto Vallarta Photographers for Large or Small Weddings

Shooting an elopement or small Puerto Vallarta wedding event is a wedding photojournalist’s dream: a fairly open schedule with lots of breathing space for creativity – it’s just the photographer, the couple, the officiant, and perhaps a few select companions.

Jalisco WPJA members are ready to document any city hall, civil ceremony, justice of the peace, or elopement wedding, even if it is a Monday-Thursday ceremony. Search for the “Can Shoot Weddings on Short Notice!” message on the listings below.

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Weddings, engagement portraits and elopement photography by Nikhol Esteras

Nikhol Esteras is a destination wedding photographer based in Oaxaca and California. With a background in psychology and holistic health, she combines her interests to capture authentic and unique wedding imagery. Nikhol has photographed over 100 weddings since 2014 and...

Nikhol Esteras

Oaxaca de Juárez in Oaxaca, MX *Now booking Puerto Vallarta weddings.
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Map of Wedding Photojournalists Serving Puerto Vallarta Couples

Puerto Vallarta Wedding Elopement Photography - WedElope

View WedElope Image Galleries by Puerto Vallarta Wedding Photographers from Small Events and Intimate Elopements.

Puerto Vallarta Wedding, Elopement and Engagement Images by WPJA Photographers

Below are some Puerto Vallarta wedding photography samples from the world’s best wedding photographers of the WPJA. Some of these Puerto Vallarta marriage pictures might be artistic portraits, details, or documentary-style images that have come from getting ready sessions, wedding ceremonies, reception venues, or Puerto Vallarta engagement portrait sessions with couples.

A pre-wedding Playa Conchas Chinas, Puerto Vallarta engagement session with a couple embraced on the sands of the beach
Pre-wedding engagement image-session at Malecon Puerto Vallarta, Mexico resulting in A close up portrait of the couples faces and her engagement ring
Puerto Vallarta bride and groom to be, modeling for a Mexico pre-wedding picture by the beach with surfers in the water
True Love Pre-Wedding Portrait Session at the Marriott Resort Puerto Vallarta in Mexico illustrating a couple having a carefree stroll on the sands of the beach
Conchas Chinas, Puerto Vallarta beach couple portrait walking along the water's edge
Puerto Vallarta wedding moment image at Iglesia de Guadalupe church during the ceremony
Mexico pre wedding portrait session with engaged lovers in low light at Now Amber Resort, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
First dance wedding photo from Las Caletas, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Casa Septiembre, Conchas Chinas, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico silhouette portrait during engagement session
Casa Villa Verde, Puerto Vallarta Wedding Reception image of the bride and groom partaking in the Hora Dance
Las Caletas, Puerto Vallarta, México wedding image of the bride and groom dancing their "First Dance"
Mexico wedding photo from Las Caletas, Puerto Vallarta of The godfather of the bride drinking Mexican water

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Where can I find a photographer for a short-notice, small Puerto Vallarta wedding?
A: There are many WPJA photographers who are able to help you out at a moment's notice. We understand that sometimes love happens and there's simply no time to lose. We can ensure that you can get married as quickly as possible — and have incredible photographs to remember your Puerto Vallarta wedding day by.
Q: How can couples find Puerto Vallarta photographers for pre-wedding engagement portraits?
A: The WPJA issues Diamond Awards for Puerto Vallarta wedding photographers to showcase their best engagement photography work. These awards are given to photographers who prove that they have an ability to be creative, artistic, and intuitive while working on-location with couples who are newly engaged.
Q: How can couples find reviews of Puerto Vallarta wedding photographers?
A: We call them Client Letters. At the WPJA, we decided more than 20 years ago to avoid incorporating those third-person testimonials and endorsements that are found all too often in advertisements. Instead, we elevated our listings with the use of Client Letters, which represent the actual words and feelings of the clients who booked those Puerto Vallarta wedding photographers for their own wedding.
WPJA Communiqué: Featured Wedding Photography Articles
Clean background in this photo of the bride walking into her mountain ceremony.
Adventure Wedding Elopements
Some couples, as they begin planning for their weddings, might think that they are limited to the classic locations: churches, gardens, beaches, or even Las Vegas. But in doing so they’re missing out on a multitude of unique options that might suit their personalities much...Read more
Wedding Economy: The Ups and Downs
We all know that the economy can go through some hard times, and be somewhat reminiscent of past recessions. However, as people cut back on non-essential little luxuries here and there, one constant remains: weddings. People don’t tend to just stop getting married due to a...Read more
Vows, Crowds, and Nerves: Avoid Stress with a Small Wedding
While some of us were fortunate enough to be born as extroverts, not everyone feels the same way. For a good chunk of the population, any number of the typical wedding day traditions can inspire anxiety and existential dread. This day is all about you, yes, but does that...Read more

WPJA Communiqué: Viewpoints
Elopements: Traditional and Modern
The oldsters among the WPJA ranks no doubt remember when 'to elope' meant, in Merriam-Webster’s definition, “to run away secretly with the intention of getting married, usually without parental consent.” Many wedding photographers have gone on the lam with couples who did just that. However, even Merriam-Webster now acknowledges that “elope appears to have become shorthand for ‘ small destination weddings ,’ a ‘ wedding that is not financially insane ,’ or a ‘ wedding that allows us to not invite all the people we would rather not invite .’” Smaller Weddings are... Read more
What is Reportage?
On Instagram and elsewhere, one can see images labeled as #photojournalism or #reportage when they are, in fact, merely photos. I say "merely," even though photography has been my career's great passion. But it's because of that passion and my respect for the work of actual photojournalists that I am particularly bothered to see wedding photographers call their work "reportage." That word properly used actually means something important beyond just a stylistic conceit. By contrast, however, I'm the lead cheerleader for those practitioners of #weddingphotojournalism ... Read more

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